dusting
[noun]
Synonyms: dust, powdering, sprinkling, defeat, beating, drubbing, licking, overthrow, rout, shellacking, thrashing, trouncing, warming

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dusting verbal noun. ['dʌstɪŋ] E17.
[from DUST verb + -ING¹.]
1. The action of DUST verb; esp. (a) the removal of dust from furniture etc. by wiping or brushing; (b) the action or result of sprinkling with dust or powder; a quantity of dust or powder sprinkled over something. E17.
crop-dusting: see CROP noun.
■ Dickens Mrs. Bardell resumed her dusting.
■ L. Blue Scatter liberally with sugar and a dusting of cinnamon. fig.:
■ B. Bainbridge He had a nice chest..with only a dusting of freckles between his shoulders.

2. A thrashing; a fight. colloq. L18.

Comb.:
dusting-powder a powder for dusting, esp. talcum powder.

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